4 Looks 1 Palette - Maybelline Blushed Nudes

 As promised a while back, today's blog is a more subtle palette, one that most people could get use out of.  There are no wild colours or crazy glitter shades, this is a palette that is much more grown up than I would normally go for.

 The Blushed Nudes Palette from Maybelline retails for £9.99 and can be picked up at most Boots or Superdrug stores.  This is the second palette from Maybelline after their Nudes Palette.  The difference is that the shades are more pink than brown.  

There are 12 shades in all, there are three main colours in varying shades, beige, pink and grey.  There is one matte shade, (top row, second from the right) some shimmers and a few glitters.  The four looks I did are not as strikingly different as I have done with other palettes just because when you use a brush with this palette the colours are very subtle in their differences.

For look 1 I used the four shades on the right.  I started with the matte pink all over the lid and crease.  I then moved over to the top right hand colour and went into the crease. I then took the pale crimson shade (bottom row, second from the right) and tried to pack it on to the lid.  I was most disappointed with this colour as it was my favourite in the swatches but when using a brush it comes out much more pale. I then deepened the outer corner with the charcoal grey colour in the bottom right corner.  

Look 2 was done in much the same way with the middle 4 colours.  This one was a little more sparkly in person as all the shades were either shimmer or glitter shades.  I started out with the pale grey all over the lid and in the crease, this colour is a shimmer shade so added a lovely shine.  I liked the subtle yet shiny nature of this one.  I then went into the crease with the taupe colour (bottom, middle, left) and on the lid with the pink shade.  I then deepened with the dark grey. What doesn't really come through as well as I like is the pop of pink in the middle of the lid, in person this was a little more vibrant.

Look 3 I used the four colours on the left.  I used the magnolia shade all over the lid and crease, went on the lid with the light pink, in the crease with the bronzey pink on the bottom left and deepened with the dark grey. I also went into the inner corner with the magnolia as it had a little bit of glitter in it that popped nicely. 

For look 4 I just used two colours, I used the bronzey pink (bottom row far left) all over the lid, I used a densely packed fluffy eyeshadow brush this time and the colour seemed to go on darker than it did the first time. I then deepened the outer corners with the the pale crimson (bottom row second from the right) again using a more fluffy but densely packed brush on the outer corners.  I think out of the four looks this is my favourite as for me, it stands out.  

This palette blends really well, what it could do with is a few more matte shades to use as transition shades so that your whole lids don't sparkle too much.  While I love sparkle you don't always want it during the day and couple more matte shades would have made this palette the perfect day to night palette.  As it stands at the moment I would recommend this for people who don't want crazy colours but would like a little bit of shimmer.  If you don't like glitter then I'm afraid this isn't the palette for you.  

This will be a palette I will dig out for weddings and christenings and those events where bright purple/green/orange eyeshadow wouldn't be appropriate.  If you are not into the pink, try The Nudes palette.  It is packed full of nudes with few more mattes and some truly beautiful copper shades.  If you want a similar review with that one let me know in the comments below.

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